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rum

noun
/ɹʌm/US/ɹʊm/

Etymology

In common use since at least 1654, of uncertain origin. Theories include: * that it is a shortening of rumbullion or rumbustion, names for rum also attested in the Caribbean during the mid-17th century, * that it derives from rummer, from Dutch roemer, * that it is from a Romani word for "strong, potent" which is (perhaps) the source of ramboozle and rumfustian (however, these drinks were not originally made with rum), * that it derives from rum ("fine, good") or from the last syllable of Latin saccharum (given the harsh taste of earlier rum, this origin is now considered unlikely)

  1. derived from Rōma
  2. derived from Rōma
  3. inherited from *Rūmō✻
  4. inherited from *Rūmu✻

Definitions

  1. A spirit distilled from various preparations of sugarcane, particularly fermented cane…

    A spirit distilled from various preparations of sugarcane, particularly fermented cane sugar and molasses.

    • That the former orders concerning rum, sugar, and hammocks be still in force, viz., one half to be forfeited to the King, and one half to the informer.
    • The Royal Navy used to issue a rum ration to sailors.

  2. A similar spirit distilled from similar preparations of sugarbeets, sorghum, etc.

  3. A strange person or thing.

  4. ›+ 11 more definitions

    1. A country parson.

      • No company comes / But a rabble of tenants, and rusty dull rums.

    2. Fine, excellent, valuable.

      • having a rum time

    3. Strange, peculiar.

      • a rum idea; a rum fellow
      • "Lor, Noah!" said Charlotte, "What a rum creature you are! Why don't you let the boy alone?"
      • [H]e stared after Pynsent stupidly, and pronounced to the landlord over the counter that he was a rum one.

    4. Any odd person or thing.

    5. The card game rummy.

    6. Alternative form of Rome

      Alternative form of Rome: Rome (a major city in Italy).

    7. An eyalet in the Ottoman Empire.

    8. A former polity in Anatolia, a Seljuk sultanate.

    9. Synonym of Anatolia and the Byzantine Empire in historical Turkish contexts.

    10. Alternative form of Rùm, an island of the Inner Hebrides, Highland council area,…

      Alternative form of Rùm, an island of the Inner Hebrides, Highland council area, Scotland, United Kingdom.

    11. Initialism of real user monitoring.

      • RUM may involve sniffing the network connection, adding JavaScript to pages, installing agents on end user machines, or some combination thereof.

The neighborhood

Derived

antirum, rumbud, rumdriver, rumhound, rumly, rummery, rummish, rumpot, rumrunner, rumrunning, rumseller, rumshop, Rum-ville, bay rum, bush rum, Cumberland rum butter, hot buttered rum, monkey rum, rum baba, rum ball, rum bosun, rum bud, rum butter, rum cake, Rumchata, rum cherry, rum fit, rum hole, rum mill, rum popo, rum-runner, rumtini, rum tub, sorghum rum, rum deal, rum go, rumless, rumness

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for rum. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA